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Barclays, JP Morgan among banks facing UK class action over forex-rigging

Barclays, JP Morgan among banks facing UK class action over forex-rigging

Barclays , JP Morgan , RBS , UBS and Citigroup are being sued by investors over allegations they rigged the global foreign exchange market, in a test of U.S.-style class actions in Britain.



7 years ago
Grab to invest $2 billion in Indonesia using funds from SoftBank

Grab to invest $2 billion in Indonesia using funds from SoftBank

Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab on Monday said it will invest $2 billion into Indonesia over five years using capital received from Japan's SoftBank Group Corp, which wants to increase its exposure to the region's most populous market.



7 years ago
Lufthansa considers holding structure: Handelsblatt

Lufthansa considers holding structure: Handelsblatt

German airline Lufthansa is considering adopting a corporate holding structure to simplify its operations, improve profitability and regain the support of investors, newspaper Handelsblatt reported on Monday.



7 years ago
Barclays, JP Morgan among banks facing UK class action over currency-rigging

Barclays, JP Morgan among banks facing UK class action over currency-rigging

Barclays , JP Morgan , RBS , UBS and Citigroup are being sued by investors over allegations they rigged the global foreign exchange market, in a test of U.S.-style class actions in Britain.



7 years ago
Khazanah, Temasek to sell part of joint Singapore property for about $1.2 billion

Khazanah, Temasek to sell part of joint Singapore property for about $1.2 billion

A joint venture between Malaysia sovereign wealth fund Khazanah and Singapore state investor Temasek is selling the office and retail units of its DUO property development in Singapore, it said late on Monday.



7 years ago
LSE shares jump after proposed $27 billion Refinitiv deal

LSE shares jump after proposed $27 billion Refinitiv deal

Shares in London Stock Exchange Group Plc rose more than 10% on Monday after the British company said late Friday it was in discussions to buy Refinitiv Holdings Ltd in deal worth $27 billion including debt.



7 years ago
From Belarus to Bahrain, the small states going big on cryptocurrency

From Belarus to Bahrain, the small states going big on cryptocurrency

When Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko met entrepreneur Viktor Prokopenya in March 2017, their discussion was scheduled to last for an hour but went on for three times that long.



7 years ago
Higher costs negate rising beer sales for Heineken

Higher costs negate rising beer sales for Heineken

Heineken NV , the world's second-largest brewer, missed estimates for first-half profit on Monday, as rising input costs offset higher beer sales.



7 years ago
Asian shares ease into trade talks, Fed test

Asian shares ease into trade talks, Fed test

Asian shares slipped on Monday as markets anxiously counted down to a likely cut in U.S. interest rates this week with much riding on whether or not the Federal Reserve signals yet more are in the pipeline.



7 years ago
Barclays, JPMorgan, others face UK class action over currency-rigging

Barclays, JPMorgan, others face UK class action over currency-rigging

Barclays , JPMorgan , RBS , UBS and Citigroup , are being sued by investors over allegations they rigged the global foreign exchange market, in the latest test of Britain's U.S.-style class action regime.



7 years ago
That bad? How the U.S. economy stacks up to past rate cut cycles

That bad? How the U.S. economy stacks up to past rate cut cycles

Spooked by a global economic slowdown, the U.S. Federal Reserve is seen launching on Wednesday its fifth interest rate-cutting campaign since 1995. It will come despite many signs of strength in the U.S. economy.



7 years ago
Huawei's China smartphone market share jumps as rivals lose ground: Canalys

Huawei's China smartphone market share jumps as rivals lose ground: Canalys

Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] extended its lead in a declining China smartphone market in the second quarter, with its market share rising to 38% as all other top vendors lost ground, according to data from market research firm Canalys.



7 years ago
Sterling slumps on 'no-deal Brexit' worries; stocks dip

Sterling slumps on 'no-deal Brexit' worries; stocks dip

The British pound touched its lowest level in over two years against the dollar after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said a hard divorce from the EU was in the cards, while stocks dipped globally with Wall Street backing off record highs.



7 years ago
Goodyear plant conditions raise concerns about Mexican labor reforms - U.S. lawmakers

Goodyear plant conditions raise concerns about Mexican labor reforms - U.S. lawmakers

A group of U.S. Democratic lawmakers on Monday criticized Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co for refusing to let them visit its Mexican plant, and said poor conditions there raised questions about Mexican labor reforms seen as key to ensuring passage of a new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement.



7 years ago
Capital One: information of over 100 million individuals in U.S., Canada hacked

Capital One: information of over 100 million individuals in U.S., Canada hacked

Capital One Financial Corp said on Monday personal information including names, addresses, phone numbers and credit scores of about 100 million individuals in the United States and 6 million people in Canada were obtained by a hacker who has been arrested.



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